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Whenever I start a game or something that runs in fullscreen and "locks" the display (i.e. pop-ups are suppressed and do not get focus), the notification sounds in Outlook (2010 on Windows 7) do not play. Other programs' sounds still play, for example my music player.

Is there a way to force Outlook to play the sounds? Is this a bug or is it supposed to be a "feature?"

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The system and the sound cards have a limited number of things allowed to play sounds at the same time. A video game can run Many many sounds at a time, sometimes the quantity allowed/used is configurable by the game settings, or in game config files. A continuous playing music program might keep its own little pipeline open before the game runs and takes everything it can. Random sounds popping up dont nessiarily have a pipe open?? You could check any possibility that the game has for configuring sound, or any driver or audio card issues that limit the number. – Psycogeek Jan 21 at 4:54
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